I kekahi manawa nānā wau i kaʻu keiki ʻehā makahiki a loaʻa iaʻu ka nīnau maʻamau o nā kāne nīnau nui, ma kahi ala noʻonoʻo wale nō: He aha kāna e noʻonoʻo nei? Aʻo kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ke kau nei iaʻu iho i kona mau kāmaʻa, me ka pilikia a ka poʻe makua e manaʻo ai e hoʻi i kēlā mau makahiki o ka noʻonoʻo a me ka pupule, ua pau wau i ka paneʻana iaʻu iho: Kekahi mea, e noʻonoʻo ana ia i kekahi mea.
I loko o kēia mea "komo" ka protagonist o kēia moʻolelo i komo piha. He bea ʻo Mr., kahi hoa aloha nui ʻole i waiho ʻia e Arthur i loko o kona hale i kekahi lā i mea e kaʻawale ʻole ai ʻo ia. Inā he keiki maoli ʻo Arthur, ʻaʻohe mea kānalua i kekahi lā e kaʻawale ʻo ia mai iā Mr. P, a he mau makahiki paha ma hope mai, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke ʻike iā ia i loko o kāna hale zoo.
Akā ʻo ka mea maikaʻi e pili ana i nā puke aia mau kā lākou mau mea ma laila, e hoʻomanaʻo nei i ko lākou mōʻaukala no nā maka o kekahi mea heluhelu, ʻoiai no ka mea heluhelu like i heluhelu hou.
I ka hihia o kēia puke ʻO ka huakaʻi kuhi ʻole a Mr. P, e hui me Arthur liʻiliʻi, nona ka ʻuhane e hāmama ākea wale nō me kāna hoa aloha hou a pīhoihoi hoʻi e hoʻohauʻoli nei i kahi mea heluhelu keiki, ʻōpio a i ʻole no kahi mākua e hele pū me ka heluhelu.
Noho ʻo Arthur i kēlā manawa kahi e hoʻomaka ai ka ego e hōʻike iā ia iho me ka virulence i loko o kona kino, kahi hopena he hapalua neuronal a me ka hapalua hormonal. ʻO kahi hana maʻamau o nā kamaliʻi e hoʻomaka e ʻimi nei i kāu pūnaewele. ʻO wai a hiki i kēlā manawa ke lilo i hoa ʻuhane, ua lilo kona kaikaina ʻo Liam i "ʻenemi" liʻiliʻi me ia e hoʻopaʻapaʻa mau ai lākou me nā mea e huki ai i ka manaʻo o ko lākou mau mākua. ʻO ia ka manawa i manaʻo ai ʻo Arthur i ka hoʻomaopopo hewa maʻamau o nā keiki e ʻemi mau nei.
He aha ka hopena ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka lawe ʻana mai i kahi hoa aloha i loko o ka honua? No ke aha mai ka bea? Hemolele, ʻo ia nō. ʻO kahi bea polar, nui loa, ikaika, hiki ke kaʻana like i nā kolohe a me nā manawa hoihoi o ka loaʻa ʻana, kahi hoaaloha e kamaʻilio pū a leʻaleʻa pū kekahi.
Me ka hopohopo ʻole, he puke kūpono kēia no kēlā mau keiki, ʻemi iki, e hoʻōki ana pēlā. A i loko nō o kēlā makemake e ulu a i ʻole i kēlā inertia o ka manawa, ke hauʻoli nei kekahi i nā manawa hanohano, hana a hoihoi hoʻi o ka wā kamaliʻi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke ʻO ka huakaʻi kuhi ʻole a Mr. P, ka puke hou na María Farrer, ma aneʻi: